Four-piece lady&#39;s garment



May 21, 1929. A. YOUNG FOUR-PIECE LADYS GARMENT Filed July 18, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet $767218 J OMTZ Q' INVENTOR ATTOPN EY May 21, 1929., YOUNG 1,713,731

FOURPIECE LADY S GARMENT Filed July 18, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 21, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

' ANNE YOUNG, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' FOUR-PIECE LADYS GARMENT.

Application filed JuIy 18,

The present invention relates to the art of ladies wearing apparel, and more especially to a four-piece garment, which comprises the brassiere, skirt, step-ins and hose supporters.

It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a garment of such a character as willpermit dispensing with corsets or other tight body wearing apparel, enabling the wearer to have perfect freedom of the body, and not in any way strapped in.

Another purpose is to provide improved means for so suspending the hose supporters as to permit the shoulders to withstandthe strain, and in attaining this result ribbon straps pass over the shoulders and are stitched to-a substantial portion of the brassiere and intersecting, in order to keep the ribbon straps from disengaging from the shoulders, and yet hold the hose supporters in firm position, but not so as to cause runs in the hose, or to render the hose too tight.

Another purpose is to suspend the stepins from the same straps and additionally from other straps or connecting ribbons, which connect the skirt and the brassiere spaced from each other at the waist line, thereby giving freedom of movement and also allowing the body to be relatively cool .30 at the waist line. i

- A further purpose is to provide a brassiere,

. which in its construction, is folded or overlapped on the bias at the front and rear, and substantially so at the' rear, which greatly 3'5 simplifies the construction of the garment, enabling it to withstand wear and at the same time allow a greater number of patterns of the brassiere to be cutfrom a given. quantity of material, due to the shape of 40 the blank which forms the brassiere.

-A still further purpose is to provide a pluralityof suspending connecting ribbons between the brassiereand the skirt and from certain of which the hose supporters and ste -ins are suspended.

t is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitative, and that while still keeping withinthe scope of the invention, any desired 'modification of 1927. Serial No. 206,750.

details and proportions may be made in the 60 construction of the invention accordingto circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed. A

In the drawings v lgfigure 1is a view showing the fourpiece garment as worn upon a figure.

vFigure 2is a view in perspective of the garment removed showing the rear thereof.

Figure 3is a-view similar to Figure 2 but showing the front of the garment.

Figure 4.-is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 1s a cross-sectional view on line 55 of Figure 2..

Figure 6is a rear view of the brassiere showing the skirt and step-ins in dot and dash lines and the hose supporters in full lines.

Figure 7is a detail perspective view of the step-ins as detached from the garment.

Figure 8is an enlarged detail sectional view showing how the skirt, the step-ins and the hose supporters are connected to the waist straps, which in turn are connected to the brassiere.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a brassiere, which is made up of four sections so of any suitable fabric material. The sections or pieces 4 and 5 at the rearare overlapped on the bias, to not only strengthen the brassiere at this point, but also to provide firm suspending means for the shoulder ribbons 6. These shoulder ribbons are stitched to the sections or pieces 45 and 5 and intersect each other a substantial distance over the biasdfoldoft'he two sections, Where they are additionally stitched, to give strength and durability. The shoulder ribbon 6 after overlying and being stitched to the bias folds of the two sections have their remote opposite terminals merging into and secured to a facing waist band ribbon 7,

thereby giving great strength and'durability to the bras'siere.

'; The sections 2 and 3 in front are also overlapped on the bias, but a substantial less distance than the pieces 4 and 5 at the rear, and the shoulder ribbons are also stitched to the sections 2 and 3. Near the waist line of the brassiere the sections 2, 3, 4: and

brassiere sections were not overlapped on a bias as in the present instance the brassiere would rip or break, and therefore would not serve the purpose required. It is the aim to provide a garment of this kind which will allow the body to have freedom of movement without being subjected to undue heat, allowing air to reach the waist line, and due to the bias overlapping of the sections, preventing ripping or tearing of the brassiere. The shoulder ribbons in front merge into the hem and facing ribbon, that is stitched between the two at a point where the bias fold of the sections 2 and 3 terminate. However, the shoulder ribbons at the rear also merge into the hem, that is between the hem and the facing ribbon and are stitched thereto, but terminate a substantial distance toward the centre of the bias fold of the sections 4 and 5 of the brassiere. The exposed edges of the sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 may be ornamented in any suitable manner, preferably by some appropriate lace edging.

At one side of the brassiere as at 8 the adjacent ends of the sections have the usual snap fasteners, so that the brassiere may be opened at such point, to permit the garment to be applied to the wearer.

The brassiere is connected to the skirt 10 by a plurality of suspending ribbons 9 of double formation. The suspending ribbons 9 also merge into and are connected the waist band facing ribbons 7 and of the brassiere and the skirt. The ribbons 9 merge into a hem and a facing ribbon as at 11, and the folded part of the double ribbons constitute tabs or suspending means for step-ins 12, which may be of any approved type, preferably closed in the crotch and open on the sides, as at 13, for the full length of the step-in garment. However, the open side edges of the step-ins at their upper and lower portions at 14 have the snap fasteners, to permit the closing of the step-ins. The step-ins have their various exposed edges ornamented with some suitable lace edging, as at 15. The upper marginal edge of the step-ins have a hem 16 provided with a plurality of fasteners 17 which co-operate with those carried by the tabs, enabling the stepins to be detached at any time.

Certain of the ribbons 9 are extended in double formation and have connected thereto at their lower ends approved elastic hose supporters '18, the lower ends of which carry the usual hose fasteners19, which are attached to clamp with the hemmed edge at the tops of the hose, and since the supporters are suspended from the shoulder ribbons, and the waist line of the garment has freedom of movement relative to the body, it is possible for the shoulder ribbons to have sliding movement over the shoulders, to relieve any tension on the hose, in case of any leaning over posture of the body forward or to the rear.

Due to the shoulder ribbons intersecting at the rear they are retained relatively permanently with the shoulders, preventing the ribbons from falling ofi the shoulders, as is the case with many of the garments of the present day.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is:

1. A. ladys garment consisting of four pieces, the brassiere, the skirt, the step-ins, and hose supporters, and shoulder ribbons passing over the shoulders and stitched to the front and back of the brassiere, the skirt and the step-ins being spaced at the waist line from the brassiere, and ribbons passing across the space between and connecting the skirt and the brassiere at points where the shoulder ribbons merge into the waist line of the brassiere and assisting in supporting the skirt and step-ins, leaving a space at the waist line allowing the wearer freedom of body and avoiding excessive heat to the body of the wearer. i

2. In a ladys garment comprising four garment sections, the combination with a brassiere, a skirt, step-ins and hose supporters, the waist line of the skirt and stepins being spaced from the lower margin of the brassiere allowing freedom of the body and avoiding excessive heat to the body of the wearer, of shoulder ribbons to pass over the shoulders of the wearer stitched to the "front and the back of the brassiere and spanning across thespace and connected to the waist line of the brassiere and in turn connected to and supporting the skirt and the step-ins, additional ribbons positioned across the space and connecting the brassiere and the skirt, the shoulder ribbons at a point beyond and below the space aligning with said hose supporters.

3. In a ladys garment, the combination with a brassiere comprising four sections, two in the front and two in the rear, those sections in the front being overlapped on the bias at the front, the sections at the rear being overlapped at the rear, said front and rear sections at opposite sides of the brassiere being partially overlapped, a waist band connecting to the lower edges of said J irz-iensi brassiere sections, of shoulder ribbons to pass over the shoulders, intersecting at and lying across and connected to the two sections of the rear of the loressiere end merg- 5 ing into and secured to the Waist line of the brassiere to retain the overlapped sections in place, said ribbons extending down across the front, in substantial perellelism and stitched to the front sections, the opposite ends of the shoulder ribbons merging into 1 and being connected to the Waist bend of the bresslere.

In testimony whereof she afixes her signature hereto.

ANNE YUUNG. 

